Office of Academic Diversity

Welcome to the Office of Academic Diversity. At the Columbia University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, diversity is an academic value, one that is marker of institutional excellence as well as a benchmark of innovation for our research, programming, and student environment. If you have ideas for improving the work of the Office of Academic Diversity, wish to get involved in the upcoming events that the office is hosting, or are interested in learning more about the Graduate School’s efforts in the area of diversity, equity, and student inclusion, we strongly encourage you to reach out to us at gsas-diversity [at] columbia.edu.

To view the the Graduate School's full statement on diversity, please click here.

The Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty Diversity and Inclusion facilitates faculty development, diversity, and planning initiatives with an emphasis on creating a welcoming and inclusive climate at the university.

The Leadership Alliance is a national consortium of leading research and teaching colleges, universities, and private industry. It aims to train, mentor, and inspire students from a wide range of cultural and academic backgrounds.

IRT addresses the lack of diversity in the nation’s teaching faculties by recruiting outstanding students of color and other scholars committed to diversity, counseling them through the graduate school application process and advocating for sufficient funding for advanced study.